Round Status: Internal EOIs Open

The Industrial Transformation Training Centres is a scheme that will foster close partnerships between university-based researchers and other research end-users to provide innovative Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and postdoctoral training for the end-user focused research industries vital to Australia's future. The Centres support research in the Industrial Transformation Priorities, which are identified by the ARC and are updated from round to round.

The ARC’s objectives of the Industrial Transformation Training Centres scheme are to:

foster opportunities for Higher Degree by Research candidates and postdoctoral fellows to pursue industrial training

drive growth, productivity and competitiveness within key growth sectors; and

enhance competitive research collaboration between universities and organisations outside the Australian higher education sector

strengthen the capabilities of industries and other research end-users in identified Industrial Transformation Priority areas.

UQ will use a mandatory internal Expression of Interest (EOI) stage to endorse and provide feedback on developing ITTC applications. The EOI application form is downloadable from UQ Documentation, below, and must be lodged to UQR&I via centresgrants@research.uq.edu.au by the closing date.

Following notification of formal approval under the University's EOI process, UQ applicants will proceed to prepare a full proposal, as follows:

Step 1: Join the UQR&I Mailer. Official announcements and UQR&I updates regarding the scheme will be sent via the Mailer.

For further information on the scheme please contact the UQR&I Round Coordinator, Richard Kim (centresgrants@research.uq.edu.au). If you are applying to the scheme through UQ, but are not currently a UQ staff member, please send an email to the Round Coordinator and request to be added to the funding round specific mailing list.

The assessment comments provided by external assessors may be made available to Applicants by the ARC, and Applicants may be given the opportunity to submit a Rejoinder.

UQR&I works closely with individual applicants in submitting ITRP rejoinders and for this reason does not provide institution-wide workshops or seminars.

Detailed information on the rejoinder process (including instructions for accessing assessment reports and submitting rejoinders) is available from the ARC website. The UQR&I internal deadline for rejoinders is shown in the Key Dates section above.